Quilling-machine.



Patented Aug. 22, I899.

a. ATHERTON. OUILLING MACHINE.

(Applicafion flied Mar. 20, 1899.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT ATHERTON, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

QUlLLlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,552, dated August22, 1899.

Application filed March 20, 1899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT ATHERTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilling-Machines;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to weft-thread spooling or quilling machines, andit has reference particularly to the cop building or spooling devicesinvolved as a part of the mechanism of such machines.

The invention is designed as an improvement upon the device shown anddescribed and claimed in Letters Patent of the United States No.596,794, issued to Jean Schweiter January 4:, 1898.

In these machines to produce the cop, which is wound in successive andoverlapping layers of conical form, a reciprocating motion is impartedeither to the spindle or the thread-guide carrier simultaneously withthe rotation of either 'of these elements in winding said cop, and byvirtue of this relative reciprocation an intermittent engagement betweenthe bobbin on the spindle, or rather the cop being formed thereon, andthe threadguide carrier is affected so as to advance the one relativelyto the other in producing the layers of the cop. It is assumed that theparts have a rapid relative rotation, and since if there is a directengagement between the cop and the thread-guide carrier at each of thereciprocating movements the thread of the cop will not only suffer theconse-j quenoes of the friction, but will not be uni-; formly wound, ithas been proposed by the above -mentioned patentee to interpose anjindependently-movable element between the; cop and the thread-guidecarrier, which element when impinged by said cop will take the impact ofthe thread-guide carrier.

In view of the foregoing the object of my invention is not only toprovide a threadguide carrier having an independently-moverial No.709,758. (No model.)

able means between itself and the cop being wound, but to also soarrange said means that it will be readily adjustable in such a way thatdifferent sizes of cops may be produced in the same cop building orspooling device.

The invention therefore consists in the improved spooling device andparticularly in its improved thread-guide carrier andin the combinationand arrangement of the various parts of said spooling device,substantially as will be hereinafter pointed out and finally embodied inthe clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

. wherein like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views, Figure 1 represents my improved quilling device in sideelevation. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the thread-guide carrierslightly enlarged. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line m w in Fig. 2,the same being somewhat enwhich is suitably supported and to which isimparted the usual longitudinally-reciprocating movement, and 1)indicates the spool or bobbin, which is mounted upon the upper end ofsaid spindle.

0 indicates a rotatable disk which is penetrated by the spindle a and towhich a rotary motion is imparted through a friction-disk d, rigidlyconnected thereto and bearing upon a suitably-driven beveled wheel e.

f designates the thread-guide carrier, and g g designate its verticalguides, which, being stepped at their lower ends in the disk 0,penetrate the plate h of the thread-guide carrier and also theguiding-sleeves t' t", extending downwardly from said plate. Said plateis also provided with an opening for the bobbin '1). One of theguidessay the guide gis pin q, rendered adjustable axially as well asvertically by a set-screwr, arranged in a short tubes, projectingdownwardly from the plate h and penetrated by the pin.

The adjustable mechanism which I have devised for operativeinterposition between the cop and the plate of the thread-guide carriermay be thus described:

25 designates sockets iuclosing antifrictionballs 25, adapted to bearupon the cop and preferably composed of fiber and each provided with anupwardly-extending shank t which penetrates a block t integrally or atleast rigidly secured thereto. Each of these devices practicallyconstitutes a ball-caster. Each shank 25 projects through a radial slotor elongated opening t that is formed in the plate 7b of thethread-guide carrier, while its block 15 which is rectangular in shape,rests in a groove i coincident with the slot F, but somewhat wider andslightly longer than the same. By this arrangement each caster is somounted in the thread-guide carrier as to be movable radially therein.

M denotes a disk having a central opening a, coinciding with the openingin the plate of the thread-guide carrier, said disk resting upon the topof said plate and having an operating-knob a whereby it may be moved fora limited distance, being guided by projections M, which penetrateconcentric slots 11. in said disk. It should be remarked that one ormore of the projections w should be a screw, whereby the disk may befirmly held in any desired position. The disk is also provided witheccentrically-arranged slots to, through each of which projects theshank i of the caster. In view of the foregoing it will be obvious thatwhen the disk is rotated by its operating-knob n in either direction theseveral casters will also be moved radially in the plate It. Thusadjustment of the several casters simultaneously may be readilyeffected, and thereupon it is only necessary to tighten one of thescrews forming the projections which guide the disk in order to securethe latter firmly in the desired position.

In the modified form of my invention shown in Fig. 4 the shank t of eachcaster is squared in cross-section and projecting through acorrespondiugly-shaped opening in the plate is longitudinally movable inthe latter. Between the socket t of the caster and the under side of theplate is disposed a spiral spring o, encircling the shank t and abovethe plate is a nut '1), which is screwed onto the free or upper end ofsaid shank. It should be remarked that the several casters convergetoward the cop, and hence the openings in the plate through which theyextend are inclined. w designates a bushing formed integrally upon thetop of the plate about the opening for the shank of each caster andhaving its top surface inclined, so that the nut Q) may take squarelyagainst it. In this form of my invention, therefore, the several castersare automatically adjustable, they being adapted to accommodatethemselves to various sizes of cops without the necessity of previousmanual adjustment. In other words, each caster is yieldingly mounted inthe plate.

It may be well to observe that by providing ball-casters as theintermediate elements between the thread-guide carrier and the cop beingwound means is provided for taking the impact of the cop, whetherconsequent upon the rotary or longitudinal movement of the thrust of thelatter, in such manner that the disarrangement and wearing of its newly=wound thread is reduced to the minimum.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a thread-spoofing machine, the combination of a thread-guidecarrier and ballcasters carried thereby and adapted to engage the cop onthe bobbin being wound, substantially as described.

2. In a thread-spooling machine, the combination of a thread-guidecarrier, and ballcasters ad j ustably mounted therein and adapted toengage the cop on the bobbin being wound, substantially as described.

3. In a thread-spooling machine, the combination of a thread-guidecarrier, ball-casters mounted in said carrier and movable radially withreference to the axis of the cop being wound, and means for adjustingsaid ball-casters, substantially as described.

4. In a thread-spooling machine, the combination of a thread-guidecarrier, ball-casters mounted in said carrier and movable radially withrespect to the cop being wound and a disk mounted on said carrier andprovided with concentric slots penetrated by said casters, substantiallyas described.

5. In a thread-spooling machine, the combination of a thread-guidecarrier, blocks movable radially therein with reference to the axis ofthe cop being wound, ball-casters carried by said blocks, and arevoluble disk carried by said thread-guide carrier and provided witheccentric slots receiving the shanks of said ball-casters,substantiallyas described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this9th day of March, 180.).

IVitnesses:

ALFRED Gnn'rxnn, LOUISE SNYDER.

